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Dominion Resources, Washington Redskins Announce Partnership.


ASHBURN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1999--

The Washington Redskins
    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland.
     and Dominion Resources Dominion NYSE: D (formerly Dominion Resources) is a power and energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, USA, that supplies electricity, natural gas, or other energy services to homes in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and eastern North Carolina.  Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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    : D) have announced a multi-year strategic energy management and marketing partnership. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

    Under the agreement, Dominion Resources and the Redskins Redskins can refer to:
    • Redskin (slang), a controversial term referring to Native Americans
    • The Washington Redskins, a United States football team.
    • Redskin (subculture), a socialist or communist skinhead
    • The Redskins, a 1980s English left-wing soul/punk band
     will cooperate on a variety of energy management and marketing initiatives on several business and consumer levels.

    Through its Virginia Power subsidiary, Dominion will provide comprehensive energy management solutions to Redskins Stadium throughout the term of the agreement. The work will be performed by Virginia Power's Evantage business unit. Dominion also will be able to make special energy offers to Redskins fans when competition opens up the regulated natural gas and electricity industries.

    "While our overall energy expenditures are confidential, we anticipate the total dollar savings through Dominion's energy solutions will be well into six figures each year," said Michael Dillow, senior vice president of Redskins Stadium operations.

    Thos. E. Capps, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dominion Resources, said, "We are extremely delighted to be selected as the `Official Energy Partner of the Washington Redskins.' The Redskins are a legendary football franchise. Our heritage is energy and service. We truly look forward to making this partnership a winning team."

    Dominion Resources, headquartered in Richmond, Va., is an $18 billion holding company active in electric power generation, transmission, and distribution and in natural gas exploration and production.

    The Washington Redskins are one of the most storied NFL NFL
    abbr.
    National Football League

    NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga
     franchises, with fans throughout the world, and are three-time Super Bowl Champions <onlyinclude>This is a list of Super Bowl champions, that is, all the franchises that have won the championship game of the National Football League. Super Bowls are held in an American city that is chosen years in advance. .
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